Alaska Business Legal Elite

LEGAL ELITE

Welcome to the inaugural Alaska Business Legal Elite! This list features Alaska’s most talented attorneys as nominated by their peers.

Here’s what we did: earlier this year we invited licensed Alaskan attorneys to nominate licensed lawyers practicing in Alaska who they think excel in providing legal services. Once the online survey process was completed, a third-party data collection specialist verified that the nominated lawyers have a current license. The final list of Legal Elite represents about 8 percent of practicing lawyers in the state, all of whom were selected by those who are intimately knowledgeable about what it takes to be a good lawyer.

The lawyers you’ll find in the Legal Elite occupy a range of legal roles, from working for the State to in-house counsel to traditional law firms. That means this list is not a directory of attorneys for hire, though many of them would be happy to provide you with legal services. It is instead a representation of the cream of the legal industry crop in Alaska.

ALASKA NATIVE LAW

PHILIP BLUMSTEIN

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-276-5152

Anchorage
PETER BOSKOFSKY

Koniag

907-561-2668

Kodiak
ANNA CHAPMAN CRARY

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-276-5152

Anchorage
KEVIN M. CUDDY

Stoel Rives

907-263-8410

Anchorage
CASEY K. GILMORE

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-276-5152

Anchorage
WHITNEY A. LEONARD

Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman

907-258-6377

Anchorage
KAY E. MAASSEN GOUWENS

Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman

907-258-6377

Anchorage
ANDREW MARCH

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

907-339-7146

Anchorage
MATT MEAD

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-276-5152

Anchorage
LLOYD B. MILLER

Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman

907-258-6377

Anchorage
RICHARD D. MONKMAN

Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman

907-586-5880

Juneau
VANESSA NORMAN

Davis Wright Tremaine

907-257-5304

Anchorage
BONNIE J. PASKVAN

Dorsey & Whitney

907-257-7813

Anchorage
REBECCA A. PATTERSON

Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman

907-258-6377

Anchorage
CHRISTOPHER SLOTEE

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

907-339-7130

Anchorage
CHRISTINE WILLIAMS

Outlook Law

907-301-7273

Anchorage
APPELLATE LAW

BROOKE BERENS

State of Alaska Office of Public Advocacy

907-269-6075

Anchorage
ELIZABETH BURKE

Alaska Department of Law – Criminal Division

907-269-6260

Anchorage
JENNIFER M. COUGHLIN

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-868-9293

Anchorage
ANDY ERICKSON

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-868-9233

Anchorage
MATTHEW T. FINDLEY

Ashburn & Mason

907-276-4331

Anchorage
MARY LUNDQUIST

State of Alaska – District of Alaska

907-451-2811

Fairbanks
SUSAN ORLANSKY

American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska

907-258-0044

Anchorage
JOHN M. STARKEY

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-276-5152

Anchorage
JAMES E. TORGERSON

Stoel Rives

907-263-8404

Anchorage
DIANE WENDLANDT

Alaska Department of Law – Criminal Division

907-269-6260

Anchorage
ARTIC LAW

RICHARD A. CAMILLERI

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-868-9228

Anchorage
SANDER B. GOLDTHWAIT

Caltagirone Legal

907-215-1351

Anchorage
ELIZABETH SAAGULIK HENSLEY

NANA Regional Corporation

907-265-4100

Anchorage
AVIATION, MARITIME & TRANSPORTATION

PETER J. CALTAGIRONE

Caltagirone Legal

907-202-1031

Anchorage
JOHN E. CASPERSON

Holmes Weddle & Barcott

206-292-8008

Anchorage
BRENT R. COLE

Law Office of Brent R. Cole

907-277-8001

Anchorage
MARK C. MANNING

Mark C. Manning

907-278-9794

Anchorage
JACK POULSON

Poulson & Woolford

907-586-6529

Juneau
HERBERT RAY

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

907-339-7126

Anchorage
ROBERT L. RICHMOND

Richmond & Quinn

907-276-5727

Anchorage
MICHAEL S. SCHECHTER

Ashburn & Mason

907-276-4331

Anchorage
BANKRUPTCY LAW

MICHELLE BOUTIN

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-276-5152

Anchorage
JENNIFER HOLLAND

Law Offices of Jennifer L. Holland

907-279-3333

Anchorage
ROBERT H. HUME JR.

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-868-9215

Anchorage
BRUCE A. MOORE

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-276-5152

Anchorage
MICHAEL PARISE

Lane Powell

907-264-3322

Anchorage
BUSINESS LAW

WILLIAM M. BANKSTON

Bankston Gronning Brecht

907-276-1711

Anchorage
RYAN COLE

Dorsey & Whitney

907-257-7803

Anchorage
PETER M. DIEMER

Clayton & Diemer

907-276-2999

Anchorage
BRIAN W. DURRELL

Durrell Law Group

907-258-3224

Anchorage
ZOE A. EISBERG

Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot

907-802-2998

Anchorage
KATHLEEN A. FREDERICK

Alaska Department of Administration – Office of Administrative Hearings

907-465-1886

Douglas
MICHAEL GERAGHTY

Holland & Hart

907-865-2610

Anchorage
MICHAEL A. GRISHAM

Dorsey & Whitney

907-257-7829

Anchorage
JOHN D. KAUFFMAN

Stoel Rives

907-263-8405

Anchorage
JAMES N. LIEK

Perkins Coie

907-263-6923

Anchorage
COLE M. LINDEMANN

Manley & Brautigam

907-334-5600

Anchorage
REBECCA E. LIPSON

Ashburn & Mason

907-276-4331

Anchorage
JULIAN L. MASON

Ashburn & Mason

907-276-4331

Anchorage
MARK P. MELCHERT

Jermain, Dunnagan & Owens

907-261-6607

Anchorage
MICHAEL R. MILLS

Dorsey & Whitney

907-276-4557

Anchorage
BRIAN RIEKKOLA

North Star Law Group

907-205-4434

Anchorage
MICHAEL ROSE

North Star Law Group

907-205-4434

Anchorage
CHRISTOPHER WALKER

Faulkner Banfield

907-523-6126

Juneau
CORPORATE COUNSEL

STEPHANIE AICHER

Cook Inlet Region, Inc.

907-263-5191

Anchorage
MAUDE BLAIR

Southcentral Foundation

907-729-4955

Anchorage
ANDREA N. CANFIELD

Stoel Rives

907-263-8450

Anchorage
WALTER FEATHERLY

Calista Corporation

907-275-2800

Anchorage
ALEXANDER J. KUBITZ

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-868-9219

Anchorage
MELANIE OSBORNE

Chugach Alaska Corporation

907-563-8866

Anchorage
SARAH SHINE

Arctic Slope Regional Corporation

907-339-6000

Anchorage
ALLEN TODD

Doyon Anvil

907-276-2747

Anchorage
ELDER LAW

ILONA BESSENYEY

Bessenyey & Van Tuyn

907-278-2000

Anchorage
BETH GOLDSTEIN

Alaska Office of Public Advocacy

907-269-3500

Anchorage
EMPLOYMENT LAW

JACK DAY

Davis Wright Tremaine

907-257-5319

Anchorage
KIM DUNN

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-868-9215

Anchorage
BILL EVANS

Sedor Wendlandt Evans & Filippi

907-677–3600

Anchorage
GREGORY S. FISHER

Littler Mendelson

907-561-1214

Anchorage
DAVID M. FREEMAN

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-274-0666

Anchorage
EVA R. GARDNER

Ashburn & Mason

907-276-4331

Anchorage
ELIZABETH P. HODES

Davis Wright Tremaine

907-257-5300

Anchorage
LEE HOLEN

Lee Holen Law Office

907-278-0298

Anchorage
KRISTAL LEONARD

Davis Wright Tremaine

907-257-5312

Anchorage
MICHAEL E. O’BRIEN

Davis Wright Tremaine

907-257-5300

Anchorage
DANIELLE M. RYMAN

Perkins Coie

907-263-6927

Anchorage
PATTI A. VECERA

Davis Wright Tremaine

907-257-5383

Anchorage
ENVIRONMENTAL & NATURAL RESOURCES

SHANNON M. BLEICHER

Stoel Rives

907-263-8421

Anchorage
SCOTT BROADWELL

Davis Wright Tremaine

907-257-5339

Anchorage
ROBERT CORBISIER

Alaska State Commission for Human Rights

907-276-7474

Anchorage
ZJORK DUST

State of Alaska – Department of Law

907-269-5100

Anchorage
ERIC B. FJELSTAD

Perkins Coie

907-263-6973

Anchorage
MARY GRAMLING

State of Alaska – Department of Law

907-465-3600

Juneau
TINA M. GROVIER

Stoel Rives

907-263-8424

Anchorage
LYDIA HEYE

Trustees for Alaska

907-276-4244

Anchorage
MIKE JUNGREIS

Reeves Amodio

907-222-7105

Anchorage
JONATHON KATCHER

Pope & Katcher

907-272-8577

Anchorage
CAMERON MILEHAM LEONARD

Perkins Coie

907-263-6975

Anchorage
LYNN T. MANOLOPOULOS

Davis Wright Tremaine

907-257-5300

Anchorage
RAMONA L. MONROE

Stoel Rives

907-263-8445

Anchorage
AARON PETERSON

Anchorage Superior Court

907-269-5190

Anchorage
ELENA ROMERDAHL

Perkins Coie

907-263-6914

Anchorage
PATRICK SHERRY

Alaska Department of Law

907-269-5190

Anchorage
MATTHEW SINGER

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

907-339-7129

Anchorage
CONNOR SMITH

Stoel Rives

907-263-8427

Anchorage
PETER VAN TUYN

Bessenyey & Van Tuyn

907-278-2000

Anchorage
ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE LAW

PETER B. BRAUTIGAM

Manley & Brautigam

907-334-5600

Anchorage
ANN M. BRUNER

Durrell Law Group

907-258-3224

Anchorage
BETHANN BOUDAH CHAPMAN

Faulkner Banfield

907-523-6147

Juneau
MARIBETH CONWAY

Manley & Brautigam

907-334-5600

Anchorage
BLYSS CRUZ

Cruz Law

907-313-9605

Anchorage
STEPHEN GREER

Stephen Greer Law

907-561-5520

Anchorage
MELANIE IVERSON KAUFMAN

Foley & Pearson

907-522-2272

Anchorage
KARL A. KAUFMAN

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-276-5152

Anchorage
CHRISTOPHER P. LAUER

Manley & Brautigam

907-334-5600

Anchorage
ROBERT L. MANLEY

Manley & Brautigam

907-334-5600

Anchorage
STEVEN T. O’HARA

O’Hara Tax Lawyer

907-223-5911

Anchorage
WILLIAM M. PEARSON

Foley & Pearson

907-522-2272

Anchorage
STUART CAMERON RADER

Ingaldson Fitzgerald

907-258-8750

Anchorage
CHELSEA RAY RIEKKOLA

Foley & Pearson

907-522-2272

Anchorage
DAVID ROHLFING

Shaftel Law Offices

907-276-6015

Anchorage
ELIZABETH SMITH

Liz Smith Law

907-312-5436

Juneau
RYAN J. THOMAS

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-276-5152

Anchorage
TONJA WOELBER

Woelber & Associates

907-272-0024

Anchorage
ETHICS & COMPLIANCE

MATTHEW STINSON

State of Alaska – Department of Law

907-269-6612

Anchorage
FAMILY LAW

DOROTHEA G. AGUERO

Dorothea G Aguero Attorney at Law

800-481-7140

Anchorage
RACHEL K. BERNGARTT

Baxter Bruce & Sullivan

907-789-3166

Juneau
NICOLE DAUSSIN

Law Office of Nicole Daussin

907-390-0004

Palmer
MAURICE NATHANIEL ELLIS

Law Office of Maurice N. Ellis

907-258-1239

Anchorage
MICHAEL GERSHEL

The Law Offices of Michael Gershel

907-274-9099

Anchorage
ADAM GULKIS

North Star Law Group

907-205-4434

Anchorage
RYAN LONERGAN

Stohler & Lonergan

907-745-8877

Palmer
STEFAN OTTERSON

Otterson Law & Mediation

907-868-5050

Anchorage
MARGARET ROGERS

Rogers Law Group

907-458-1080

Fairbanks
GABRIEL E. SASSOON

Baxter Bruce & Sullivan

907-789-3166

Juneau
JASON WEINER

Jason Weiner and Associates

907-452-5196

Fairbanks
GOVERNMENT & ADMINSTRATIVE

LEE BAXTER

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

907-339-7132

Anchorage
MICHAEL KRAMER

Kramer & Associates

907-888-4098

Anchorage
ROBERT A. MAYNARD

Perkins Coie

907-263-6921

Anchorage
LESLIE R. NEED

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-868-9224

Anchorage
AARON D. SPERBECK

Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot

907-263-7214

Anchorage
JAMES STINSON

Alaska Department of Administration – Office of Public Advocacy

907-269-3500

Anchorage
STACEY STONE

Holmes Weddle & Barcott

907-274-0666

Anchorage
HOLLY C. WELLS

Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot

907-263-7215

Anchorage
HEALTHCARE LAW

CAROLYN HEYMAN

Sedor Wendlandt Evans & Filippi

907-677-3600

Anchorage
Immigration Law

ROBIN BRONEN

Alaska Institute for Justice

907-279-2457

Anchorage
JULIE FIELDS

Fields Immigration Law Office

907-644-2884

Anchorage
MARGARET D. STOCK

Cascadia Cross Border Law Group

907-242-5800

Anchorage
MEDIATION & ARBITRATION

MATTHEW K. PETERSON

Clapp, Peterson, Tiemessen, Thorsness

907-885-0571

Anchorage
NEW LAWYERS

WHITNEY A. BROWN

Stoel Rives

907-263-8413

Anchorage
PERSONAL INJURY

J. MITCHELL JOYNER

Law Office of J. Mitchell Joyner

907-274-5646

Anchorage
MARC W. JUNE

Law Office of Marc June

907-277-5234

Anchorage
ROBERT J. JURASEK

Pentlarge Law Group

907-341-4058

Anchorage
REBECCA LINDEMANN

Richmond & Quinn

907-276-5727

Anchorage
JAMES NOLAN

Richmond & Quinn

907-276-5727

Anchorage
NEIL T. O’DONNELL

Cascadia Cross Border Law Group

907-242-5800

Anchorage
PETER SANDBERG

Ingaldson Fitzgerald

907-258-8750

Anchorage
MICHAEL J. SCHNEIDER

Law Offices of Michael J. Schneider

907-331-4050

Anchorage
MEG SIMONIAN

Dillon & Findley

907-519-7816

Anchorage
JASON SKALA

Law Office of Jason Skala

907-569-6633

Anchorage
TAYLOR THOMPSON

Thompson Law Group

907-272-9322

Anchorage
RICHARD VOLLERTSEN

Atkinson Conway & Gagnon

907-276-1700

Anchorage
PUBLIC CONTRACTS

WILLIAM CASON

Holland & Hart

907-865-2616

Anchorage
TRAEGER MACHETANZ

Davis Wright Tremaine

907-257-5300

Anchorage
ANNE MARIA TAVELLA

Davis Wright Tremaine

907-257-5345

Anchorage
S. LANE TUCKER

US Attorney’s Office – District of Alaska

907-271-5071

Anchorage
REAL ESTATE LAW

SARAH A. BADTEN

Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot

907-263-7210

Anchorage
LAUREN SOMMER BOSKOFSKY

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-868-9217

Anchorage
SARAH C. GILLSTROM

Davis Wright Tremaine

907-257-5328

Anchorage
JOSHUA D. HODES

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-276-5152

Anchorage
BARBARA SIMPSON KRAFT

Davis Wright Tremaine

907-257-5324

Anchorage
NICHOLAS MICHAEL MARTIN

Law Offices of Royce & Brain

907-258-6792

Anchorage
DONALD W. MCCLINTOCK

Ashburn & Mason

907-276-4331

Anchorage
JAMES H. MCCOLLUM

McCollum & Rounds

907-770-7754

Anchorage
BENJAMIN W. SPIESS

Landye Bennett Blumstein

907-276-5152

Anchorage
STEVEN TERVOOREN

Hughes White Colbo & Tervooren

907-274-7522

Anchorage
TAXATION LAW

JONATHAN E. IVERSEN

Stoel Rives

907-263-8420

Anchorage
CHRISTY LEE

Law Offices of Christy Lee

907-339-9931

Anchorage
FRANCIS STEVEN MAHONEY

Manley & Brautigam

907-334-5600

Anchorage
CHARLES F. SCHUETZE

Manley & Brautigam

907-334-5600

Anchorage
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

JUSTIN S. EPPLER

Law Office of Justin S. Eppler

907-770-0400

Anchorage
REBECCA HOLDIMAN-MILLER

Holmes Weddle & Barcott

907-274-0666

Anchorage
MICHELLE M. MESHKE

Meshke Paddock & Budzinski

907-258-1747

Anchorage

The Legal Elite are Alaska’s top lawyers as nominated by their peers. Throughout the month of March and into April, locally licensed lawyers had the opportunity to recognize other lawyers that they see excelling in the legal profession. To create the list, Alaska Business contracted DataJoe Research. We recognize that there are many good lawyers who are not shown in this representative list. This is only a sampling of the huge array of talented professionals within the region. Inclusion in the list is based on the opinions of responding lawyers in the region. We take time and energy to ensure fair voting, although we understand that the results of this survey nomination and Internet research campaign are not an objective metric. We certainly do not discount the fact that many good and effective lawyers may not appear on the list.

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